WARNING: DISTRESSING IMAGE

A baby has been discovered abandoned with a rock in its mouth and its lips glued shut in a shocking case of child abuse.

Just 15 days old, the newborn was found by a local cattle herder in woodland near the Sita Ka Kund temple in Rajasthan’s Bhilwara district.

The distressing moment the infant was rescued was caught on camera.

Miraculously, the baby survived, and police have now launched a search for his parents.

Police said when he was found the child was “writhing” near a pile of rocks with a stone in his mouth and lips sealed shut with adhesive, news agency PTI reported.

Rocks were also reportedly found on his thighs.

It is believed the child’s mouth was glued shut to muffle its cries after being left to die.

The herder managed to unseal the baby’s l

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